News and press releases

COPENHAGEN, 27 June 2012 – More than 60 parliamentarians from 21 countries have co-sponsored a resolution that recommends pulling the 2014 International Ice Hockey World Championships out of Belarus unless authorities release all political prisoners being held there...

On 26 June 2012 the OSCE Gender Section organized a discussion in Vienna on ways to incorporate gender perspectives into security discussions and increase the role of women in maintaining peace and security, as set out in the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325...

COPENHAGEN, 26 June 2012 – In its first meeting since democratic elections were held in Egypt and Tunisia, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution aimed at furthering democratic transition in the Middle East and North Africa...

An OSCE-initiated and Kyrgyzstan Parliament-chaired public hearing on enhancing the co-operation between the police and communities on crime prevention in the Kyrgyz Republic was held on 25 June 2012 in Bishkek...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, 25 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and three other international freedom of expression rapporteurs, launched today their annual 2012 Joint Declaration on "Crimes against Freedom of Expression"...

The third and last in a series of training sessions on human rights for Kyrgyzstan’s prosecutors concluded on 23 June 2012 in Bishkek...

COPENHAGEN, 25 June 2012 – Governments should increase their contributions to Afghanistan border security projects by 2014 and beyond, according to a resolution now pending before the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly...